Votiro has announced today the appointment of Ravi Srinivasan as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Srinivasan, a veteran product executive with senior leadership experience at Forcepoint and IBM Security, will spearhead Votiro’s growth and capital requirements.
“I am thrilled to be joining Votiro and look forward to enhancing the company’s global operations and position within the malware prevention market,” said Ravi Srinivasan, newly appointed CEO of Votiro. “Votiro is paving the way in the Content Disarm and Reconstruction as a service category. I am eager to begin work to drive innovation, enabling enterprises to adopt a zero- trust approach to file security, and continue advancing Votiro’s ground-breaking patented solutions.”
Srinivasan joins Votiro with over two decades of experience in executive product management and marketing leadership in cybersecurity and a proven track record of transforming security products to SaaS business models. Srinivasan has worked with teams across the globe to scale businesses and grow new ventures. At Forcepoint, he served as the Vice President of Solutions and Platform Marketing, where he led the company’s global go-to-market product strategy, solution marketing, analyst relations, and go-to-market enablement for an $800 million-plus cybersecurity portfolio.
He also served as Vice President and GM of IBM Security Information Risk and Protection where he was responsible for transitioning the portfolio to cloudbased offerings and executing a digital channels-based growth. Founder and CTO Aviv Grafi said of the appointment, “I look forward to working with Ravi Srinivasan to strengthen our SaaS offerings of cyber threat prevention and continue the expansion of our technology resources”.
Votiro also announced that Chris Fedde will assume the role of Chairman of Votiro’s Board of Directors. He has been a board member since 2019 and has been operationally active with the company since joining. He has also held numerous CEO positions within the information security community, growing and strategically exiting companies.
“Ravi Srinivasan joins Votiro with the ideal skills and experience we need to accelerate our successes with enterprises that need to prevent weaponised file attacks like ransomware,” Chris Fedde said. “His knowledge of cloud and SaaS security products makes Ravi ideally positioned to help Votiro expand its U.S. and global presence.”
Due to rapid market growth in the APEC region, Daniel Sekers will move to the role of Regional APEC Chairman and Non-Executive Director. He commented: “With the company’s focus on the critical US market and Chris Fedde working with Ravi Srinivasan to position the company for our next phase of growth, I’m pleased to focus on the increasing APEC region opportunities.”
